A dozen of the nation's 372 metropolitan areas had unemployment rates in June of at least 15%, led by El Centro, Calif., where the jobless rate hit 27.6%, the Labor Department said. Ten of them were in California.
News Update from ALA's Washington Office: 'Topic du jour? Access' (aka A Busy Time In DC). A review of four current topics going on these days on Capitol Hill. The post was written by Cory Williams, Associate Director of ALA's Office of ...
about 8 hours ago: Washington Nationals' Adam Dunn walks back to the dugout after flying out during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer) ...
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Rand Paul, a candidate for a Kentucky Senate seat, made similar statements, and politicians in Washington followed suit. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said on C-SPAN that extending unemployment would discourage “individuals that are out ...
“As the deficit continues to grow, so does the need for a program that can save billions of dollars and improve health care while doing it,” Woolsey, the co-chair of the progressive caucus, told The Washington Independent. ...
In a new paper released today, entitled “How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End,” prominent economists Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi say that the stimulus, stress tests, emergency Federal Reserve maneuvers and Troubled Asset Relief ...
"I don't know a single Senator in Washington who didn't want to see these benefits extended," Johanns claims. This is pretty silly. As Alan Pyke noted, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) dismissed jobless aid as money that offers "a ...
"They don't understand why Washington can't address the issues people care about. People in Kentucky wanted people focused on jobs -- 14 months [of the health care debate] laid bare how broken the system was." ...
3 months ago: President Barack Obama delivers the ceremonial first pitch during opening day ceremonies for a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals, Monday, April 5, 2010, at Nationals Park in ...
about 1 month ago: Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg warms up before his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a baseball game in Washington, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais ...
The State Department's recently released Compliance Report—a 95 page document that devotes roughly two pages to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty—finds that “Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine were in compliance with the START ...
Gallup's latest weekly compilation of polling data on President Obama's job approval rating shows him at 85 percent among black Americans, down from a 94 percent approval rating among blacks as recently as March.
Yesterday, in the Washington Post, Ezra Klein argued for Democrat Senators to use their power to abolish the filibuster. Ironically, Ezra Klein in 2005.
For the second consecutive day, Fabian Washington was a spectator at practice, but the cornerback vowed to get off the Ravens' physically-unable-to-perform (PUP) list and return to practice sooner rather than later. ...
Washington newspaper The Hill has published its 50 most beautiful people list. The annual feature catalogs a range of staffers and politicians on Capitol Hill deemed attractive. Denizens of the nation's capital are rarely known for ...
President Obama wants to reduce criticism of his unpopular government. It is to be expected, because the American people have little confidence in the Obama.
Nearly 90 criminal or fugitive illegal immigrants -- including murderers, rapists and kidnappers -- were arrested in sweeps across Virginia and the nation's capital. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Wednesday ...
Democratic spin doctors have set out how their side is going to hold onto a majority in the House. They'll capture four at-risk Republican seats, hold half of the next 30 or so Democratic at-risk seats, and avoid significant losses on ...
The part of ESPN.com's Jayson Stark's story entitled, "Daily Rumble: Welcome to the Roy Oswalt Show", involving the Washington Nationals' Adam Dunn that was left out in all the "rumblings" about rumored three-team discussions involving ...
1 day ago: WASHINGTON - JULY 27: Adam Dunn #44 and Josh Willingham #16 of the Washington Nationals talk with Chipper Jones #10 of the Atlanta Braves before the game at Nationals Park on July 27 2010 in Washington DC. ...
All's I gotta say is if the voter's are waking up and rejecting Ms. Sarah's lying narrative then she can endore Dino Rossi in Washington all she wants!!! Other than that STAY OUT OF MY STATE. Posted by: SYSPROG on July 27, 2010 at 2:15 ...
